Education within smart cities and communities
Halmstad University is an attractive educational institution for developing knowledge and skills. The University offers both individual courses and programme-specific educations at undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate level, as well as training programs for external partners, with a focus on Smart Cities and Communities.
Examples of programmes at graduate and post graduate level
There are a number of programmes and courses connected to the focus are, both on bachelor level and on masters level. Here are some examples.
Bachelor programmes in Swedish
Applied Artifical Intelligence (AI), 180 credits
Digital Design and Innovation, 180 credits
IT forensics and Information Security, 180 credits
Programme in Innovation Engineering
Masters programmes
Master's Programme in Energy Smart Innovation in the Built Environment
Master's Programme in Embedded and Intelligent Systems
Master's Programme in Mechanical Engineering
Research Schools
National industrial research school within Smart Industry
The research school Smart Industry Sweden is a collaboration between Halmstad University, University West, University of Skövde, Jönköping University and Mid Sweden University in close collaboration with the Knowledge Foundation. The companies in the research school receive one or more PhD students but gain access to the entire network of universities, PhD students, senior researchers and companies. The purpose of Smart Industry Sweden is to strengthen Swedish industry.
National industrial research school within Smart Industry
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EISIGS
EISIGS stands for Embedded and Intelligent Systems Industrial Graduate School and is a business research school at Halmstad University. The focus of EISIGS is embedded systems for intelligent applications, where the PhD students are linked to both industry and academia.
UPGRADE
The research school UPGRADE – Lärarutbildning och skolans digitalisering is a national research school which in the spring of 2020 accepts at least nine doctoral students. The research school is financed by the Swedish Research Council and the aim is to strengthen the digital competence in teacher training programs and increase the proportion of teacher educators with postgraduate training.
The Research School UPGRADE (in Swedish)
LIKED
Lärande, interaktion och kunskap i en digitaliserad värld, LIKED, is a national research school with an interdisciplinary approach. The graduate school includes areas such as subject didactics, didactics, pedagogy, technology and learning, media technology, informatics, pedagogical work and applied IT, all of which contribute different perspectives to the research on learning, interaction, and knowledge in a digital world.
The Research School LIKED (in Swedish)
Produktion2030
Access to competence in the production area is central to the industry's development and investments in Sweden. Higher education in the production area should be characterized by cooperation between industry and academia. Produktion2030 has been running a national research school in production since 2014.
